Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,396.
Hanover Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $230K, 2.8 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B− overall, 552nd of 987 graded towns in Ohio. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Only 117 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Hanover Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Matthew Hueston House and Beckett-Manrod House.
Where Hanover Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Hanover Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 3 maps from 1915 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Hanover Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Hanover Township.
Hanover Township has 704 jobs for its 3,734 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Hanover Township for work: only 2% work in town. 6.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Hanover Township, below both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Hanover Township has added 38 jobs, to 704 in 2023.
| Hanover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Talawanda City school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maude Marshall Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 348 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
In the comparison, Hanover Township comes against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. 6.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Davidson Woods, at 232 acres.
| Hanover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hanover Park | 0.8 mi | 18 |
| 2. Davidson Woods | 0.6 mi | 232 |
| 3. Sportsman Club Ball Field | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hanover Township tracks Ohio closely on all 32 CDC measures. 36% of adults feel lonely in Hanover Township.
| Hanover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hanover Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hanover Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
90% of Hanover Township households own their home.
| Hanover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,352 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hanover Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
25 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
38 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
25 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
25 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
22 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hanover Township
About 6 of every 100 Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
2 places in Hanover Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Hanover Township is one of thirteen townships Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the west-central part of the county, midway between Hamilton and Oxford. The population of the township was 8,111 at the 2020 census. It is named for Hanover County, Virginia, where the early settlers originated.
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6 towns share a border with Hanover Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | #552 | B− | B | — | B+ | C |
| Hamilton | #889 | C− | B+ | C− | C+ | D |
| Reily Township | #793 | C | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Ross Township | #328 | B+ | C+ | A− | A | C |
| Milford Township | #719 | C+ | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| St. Clair Township | #850 | C | A− | — | B− | C |
| Millville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hanover Township, Reily Township, Milford Township and St. Clair Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Millville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hanover Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #552 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $230,000, 6% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
